The Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky announces Mary Ann Barnes, M.D., of northern Kentucky, has been selected to serve on its 15-member Board of Directors. The Board is responsible for preserving the Foundation’s endowment and upholding its charitable mission of working to address the unmet health care needs of Kentuckians. Dr. Barnes is the Assistant…
Northern Kentucky health department annual report now available
The Northern Kentucky Health Department’s fiscal year 2012-2013 annual report details a year filled with both enormous accomplishments and challenges. The Health Department was one of the first 11 in the country to achieve public health accreditation in February 2013, an accomplishment that impacts much of the agency’s work moving forward. Challenges included implementation of…
Northern Kentucky District Board of Health selects officers
Group to serve through June 2014 At its June meeting, the Northern Kentucky District Board of Health selected Richard Schuck, OD, Jonathan Rich, DMD, and Kurt Pohlgeers as officers for its fiscal year 2014, which runs from July 1, 2013, through June 30, 2014. Schuck, representing Campbell County, will serve as Chair. He is an optometrist…
NKU program receives award for excellence in public health
In recognition of its efforts in helping northern Kentucky’s underserved population, the Northern Kentucky University Nurse Advocacy Center for the Underserved (NACU) has been awarded the 2012 Award of Excellence in Public Health by the Northern Kentucky Independent District Health Department. NACU was nominated by the clinical services staff of the Northern Kentucky Independent District…